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Popular novelist Jodi Picoult and her daughter and co-author, Samantha van Leer, will speak Tuesday, May 19, at 6 p.m., at First Congregational Church, 26 Meetinghouse Lane, Madison, in a program presented by R.J. Julia Booksellers of Madison. Picoult and van Leer will discuss their new romantic and humorous YA novel "Off the Page" (Delacorte Press, $19.99), about a prince from a fairy tale who enters the real world. Picoult's 23 books include many No. 1 New York Times best-sellers, often inspired by real events. Van Leer is a sophomore at Vassar College. Admission, which includes a copy of "Off the Page," is $19.99. For reservations and information, call...

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